Wardhouse railway station

{{Short description|Disused railway station in Wardhouse, Aberdeenshire}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2018}}

{{Infobox station

| name = Wardhouse

| status = Disused

| image = File:Wardhouse Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 451431.jpg

| caption = The site of the station in 2007

| borough = Wardhouse, Aberdeenshire

| country = Scotland

| coordinates = {{coord|57.355|-2.7017|type:railwaystation_region:GB_scale:2000_source:Google| display=inline, title}}

| grid_name = Grid reference

| grid_position = {{gbmapscaled|NJ578296|25|NJ578296}}

| platforms = 2

| original = Great North of Scotland Railway

| pregroup = Great North of Scotland Railway

| postgroup = LNER

| years = {{Start date|1854|12|01|df=yes}}

| events = Opened

| years1 = {{End date|1961|06|05|df=y}}

| events1 = Closed

}}

Wardhouse railway station served the area of Wardhouse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland from 1854 to 1961 on the Great North of Scotland Railway.

History

The station opened on 1 December 1854 by the Great North of Scotland Railway. It was originally built for Pedro Carlos Gordon, who lived in a nearby mansion. A second platform was added in 1889. A gate box opened when the line was doubled in 1896. It became a full box in 1898, downgraded to a gate box in 1915, upgraded to a full box again in 1920 and demoted to a gate box on 1931. It closed to both passengers and goods traffic on 5 June 1961.{{cite book|last=Quick|first=M E|title=Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales - a chronology|year=2002|publisher=Railway and Canal Historical Society|location=Richmond|page=414|oclc=931112387}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5409244|title=Wardhouse railway station (site), Aberdeenshire|work=Geograph|access-date=22 June 2018}}

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